More than 200 European diplomats call for the urgent referral of the E.U. government on the issue of killing dozens of Palestinians, of whom five are journalists, in a deadly Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza. The former ambassadors and officials show disbelief in the progress in the ceasefire and threat of further deepening of the humanitarian crisis as Israel carries out plans to clear Gaza City, displacing one million Palestinians into the
European Diplomats denounce the Gaza crisis
According to the WAFA news agency, an open letter signed by 209 former EU and Member State ambassadors and senior officials denounced the fact that there has been no ceasefire agreed in Gaza for four weeks since their letter stating nine proposed measures by the EU was put forward. The fatal attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in an act which killed dozens of civilians, including five journalists, attracted an international outcry from governments and rights organizations.
The Effect of the Israeli strikes on Gaza indicated that 75 people and 370 were injured in the latest 24 hours, pushing the total since October 7, 2023, to 62,819 fatalities and 158,629 injuries, stated the Health Ministry. The United Nations expressed its worry about the lack of responsibility of Israel in the past incidents. 13 international rights groups labeled the hospital strike as a full-fledged war crime.
This is the way that famine endangers the Gaza population
It was said that the Israeli government has already initiated intentions of emptying Gaza City and its environs, triggering the possibility of one million Palestinians moving to concentrated regions in the south, in anticipation of future large-scale deportation to third countries. On August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification was able to affirm that an artificial famine was now present in those regions, and half a million people have been starving, languishing, and dying.
Accountability strategies are required at the international level
China was horrified and denounced the Hanbals for conducting the massacre of medical workers and reporters, Saudi Arabia called the action a wholesale violation of international law, and Canada declared that it was unacceptable. The Senator, Jeanne Shaheen, of the United States of America, stated that the Israeli movement should end immediately, whereas the European Union claimed that health workers and journalists needed to be safeguarded according to international law.
The diplomats also observed that the lives of 132,000 children under the age category are under threat because of malnutrition until the sixth month of 2026, and by the month ending the ninth month of September 2025, 640,000 individuals are estimated to have catastrophic food insecurity. Over 200 Gaza citizens, among whom more than 60 are children, have already perished as a result of malnutrition-related conditions.
Diplomats develop particular actions of EU member states
The letter contained, therefore, certain measures that EU Member States are expected to undertake, among them being: Unilaterally suspending the arms export licenses to Israel, terminating the funding of the projects involving Israeli entities, and also instructing their public universities to discontinue their working relations with Israeli institutions that are suspected to be participating in the atrocity crimes. Others involve implementing sanctions regimes in the country, instituting bans on business with illegal settlements, and criminalizing offenders of war in their indictment.
The pressing request of European diplomats can be interpreted as the international pressure to intervene in the mounting humanitarian crisis in Gaza urgently. The EU is subjected to a shrewd trial of dedication to international law and human rights, with famine established, hospitals on fire, and aid reduced to a minimal level. The action propositions of the diplomats serve as a roadmap to responding meaningfully, and so that words alone are inadequate when it comes to tackling incomparable breaches of humanitarian law.